卿

Information about character(s)

Radical: 卩
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qīng
Cantonese: hing1
JapaneseKun: KIMI
JapaneseOn: KYOU KEI
Korean: KYENG
Vietnamese: khanh

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: noble, high officer

CE-Dict: high ranking official (old)/term of endearment between spouses (old)/(from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old)/honorific (old)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.honey; darling; dear
2.a high official rank

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《卯部》卿章也。六卿：天官冢宰、地官司徒、春官宗伯、夏官司馬、秋官司寇、冬官司空。从卯皀聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【卩字部】卿
【唐韻】去京切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】丘京切，𠀤音輕。【說文】章也。从𠨍皀聲。【徐曰】章善明理也。又嚮也。言爲人所歸嚮也。【禮·王制】大國三卿，小國二卿。【儀禮疏】諸侯兼官，但有三卿：司徒兼冢宰、司馬兼春官、司空兼秋官。【玉篇】漢置正卿九：太常、光祿、太僕、衞尉、延尉、鴻臚、宗正、司農、少府。【晉書·百官志】古者，天子諸侯皆名執政大臣曰正卿，自周後始有三公九卿之號。又【韻會】秦漢以來，君呼臣以卿。【正韻】君呼臣爲卿，蓋期之以卿也。又【韻會】凡敵體相呼亦爲卿，蓋貴之也。隋唐以來，儕輩下已，則稱卿，故宋璟卿呼張易之。又【前漢·項籍傳】號爲卿子冠軍。【註】文穎曰：卿子，時人相褒尊之稱，猶言公子也。又姓。【風俗通】虞卿之後。

CF-Dict: ministre/dignitaire

Han-De-Dict: du (u.E.)/Qing (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/Minister (alte Form) (u.E.)/Ihr (poetisches Du: enspricht dem englischen thou) (u.E.) (Pron)